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Later when Burke was attacked for his inconsistency in supporting the American , yet condemning the French Revolution , it was easy for him to argue that the two Revolutions were quite different , that the American Revolution was in ...
Later when Burke was attacked for his inconsistency in supporting the American , yet condemning the French Revolution , it was easy for him to argue that the two Revolutions were quite different , that the American Revolution was in ...
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Finally , when England and France went to war a year later , Burke regarded it as a just war : ' We are at war with a principle , and with an example , which there is no shutting out by Fortresses , or excluding by territorial limits .
Finally , when England and France went to war a year later , Burke regarded it as a just war : ' We are at war with a principle , and with an example , which there is no shutting out by Fortresses , or excluding by territorial limits .
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The real point at issue between Burke and Paine was whether ' the people of England had the right to choose their rulers , to cashier them for misconduct , and to adopt a new form of government in its place ' . Burke feared the endless ...
The real point at issue between Burke and Paine was whether ' the people of England had the right to choose their rulers , to cashier them for misconduct , and to adopt a new form of government in its place ' . Burke feared the endless ...
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Acknowledgements | 6 |
List of Illustrations | 7 |
The Age of Romanticism | 9 |
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